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Tuesday, September 26, 2006

apologies for missing in action for sooo long.. nooo i m nt dead YET.. haha.. BUT probably soon la.. lol.. anyway heres to keep you guys updated on what have happened, what i have experienced and what i have been doing over the past few weeks..

was assigned to the company named JIA Quantity Surveyors and Project Managers Pte Ltd.. its located at Redhill.. damn far frm my hse!! gotta tk bus and train everyday.. very troublesome.. worse thing is i had to be in office wear frm mon to fri.. cant even dress down on fri lor.. wats even more lame is tt the admin ppl wun even gt to meet any clients watsoeva.. plus the fact tt we haf to do alot of manual labor work lor.. imagine wearin formal shirt and skirt holding a vacuum cleaner.. goodness its a weird and funni sight i can assured u.. zzzzz i seriously dun see the point in wearing soooo nice? nobody will even gt to see lo! pls man use ur brain mrs boss!! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.. oh did i forget to mention the odd working hrs? its frm 845 to 615.. the lunchtime is 1245 to 145 lo.. the timing is totally not flexible at all.. rubbish man..

basically during the 1st day of my work, i went into the office feeling anxious and nervous.. anybody being put into a new environment for the 1st time will be bound to feel that.. i was expecting to be briefed about the company and the job scope by my supervisor, just like what i have been learning about orientation for new employees in HR elective.. But sad to say, from my experience, a proper orientation programme is sorely lacking in this company..

i didnt get to see my supervisor who happens to be one of the bosses until after lunch.. wenqi was the one who attended to me that morning.. she showed me to the meeting rm.. she passed me a few booklets of manuals and asked me to take my time and read.. those were some general rules and regulations of the company as well as some steps and procedures that have to be followed in running the daily operations.. the company's policy part was quite straight-forward.. things like working hours, lunch time etc were stated in it so it was understandable.. but the booklet on the steps and procedures were more complicated.. there were many terms which looked Greek to me.. i thought to myself that i was dead because if i dont understand, how was i supposed to carry out my duty effectively.. i felt even more anxious or rather stressful..

after one hr, wenqi came to the meeting room and introduced herself.. it was then that i knew she is wenqi.. initially i thought she was my supervisor.. anyway she showed me where the office equipments such as photocopying machines and fax machines are located.. explained to me how to use etc.. she emphasized to me the importance of saving costs in this company.. she said that i must remember to switch the machines to energy saver mode when not in use, do not on the lights unnecessarily and stressed that i need to disconnect from the internet immediately after receiving/sending emails.. she told me that it is crucial because my supervisor is very particular about this so she will not be very happy if we forget to off anything.. there were some interruptions in between which hinders the process of learning..

i wasnt told where the restroom and pantry is.. neither was i introduced to the colleagues.. that obviously didnt help me to settle my uneasiness that i was feeling.. it was only on the 2nd day that a colleague, Jason came and asked for my name.. he also took the initiative to introduce the colleagues to me.. i appreciated his gestures cause it made me feel that i am part of them and not just a stranger..

i have been doing admin work such as data entry, typing, faxing, emailing, binding and stamping of documents etc.. tasks such as vacuuming, collecting of tap water, boiling of water, opening letter boxes etc are also part of my routine work for the past 2 weeks.. i was asked to work overtime this weekend.. went back to work on saturday.. was being told that i will have time off for that by the office manager..

something that i have observed over these past 2 weeks is the work environment.. Everybody in the company is very task-oriented.. the workplace setting is a serious and formal one whereby everyone is so busy doing their work.. i hardly see them socializing with each other.. even though we have one hour of lunchtime, i noticed that most of my colleagues normally dont fully utilize the time..most of the time, they will return to the office as soon as they finished their meals.. although lunchtime not over, they will start working.. personally, as an new employee in the company, this kind of work setting kind of freaked me out.. i think i will find it easier to adapt and settle into a new environment if the workplace is more people-oriented..

my supervisor will walk around the office frequently.. sometimes, when i am checking or verifying certain stuff that i was asked to type with the office manager, JJ or other colleagues, she will walk over and ask what is going on.. i dont really like this because it made me feel untrusted.. she gave me the feeling that i am loafing around and chit-chatting instead of doing my work.. initially i thought it was because i am an intern there, so she is paying "extra special" attention on me.. but apparently that was not the case.. last week over lunch, one of my colleague was complaining about the "spying" that made her feel uneasy.. anyway the "spying" issue is due to my supervisor walking around occasionally asking people what they are doing..

also, i learnt that this company used to have staff strength of 30 odd employees.. but now its reduced to only about 13 after including the 3 bosses.. last tuesday was Elaine's last day.. next wednesday, audrey will be leaving too.. oh by the way, wenqi's last day in the company was my 1st day there.. she even took half day leave on that day.. from these, i guess staff turnover rate can be considered to be high.. all these boils down to the problem of people management.. if a company is able to motivate staff, boost their morale with proper performance reward and compensation system , then retaining staff and attracting potential employees will be so much easier.. thus, its a very important aspect that should not be missed..


eh duno y but every now n then whenever i m in the office.. i will tink of the times i been thru in nera lei.. i miss that part of my life alot! i will tink of the fun, crazy, silly, funny etc moments tt mi n angel shared.. haa esp abt our plans on how 2 progress to knoe apple beta.. muahaha so interesting.. its diff in JIA..

JIA is a v small co oni.. 3 bosses n 9 employees.. mrs boss is damn stingy and unfriendly.. dun lyk her face =X the rest of the employees are all uncles and aunties.. gt ah pek somemore lor.. boring.. yawns.. but they r generalli nice ppl ah.. i tink.. haa cos actualli the ppl there dun realli socialize.. everyone is too bz and engrossed with their work alr.. dun haf ppl tt i can relate beta la.. cant find a 2nd angel.. awww.. tts y passing time there is damn hard ah.. time seem to pass super slow.. sumtimes i thot time has come to a standstill lor.. zzzz.. BUT i sort of found a way to solve this.. think of the happi moments.. think more positively.. life is realli much easier tt way..

hmm.. i haf alr spent alot of money on buying new clothes and shoes juz bcos some stupid ppl set some stupid rules tt we haf to b in office wear.. so no choice haf to go n buy la.. i oni got concession for buses.. again some stupid rule state tt i cant purchase train concession until my current bus concession expire.. i dun understand y.. as a result a bomb haf been spent on transport even b4 i got my allowance.. it costs mi abt 4 bucks everyday juz on train alone.. expensive rite?? awwww.. wat made it worse is tt my allowance is oni a miserably pathetic sum of $440 lor! after deducting all those mentioned plus the amt i spent on food.. i think i shld b glad if i dun haf to fork out money myself.. haa..

mr n mrs bossy went to UK last nite.. hip hip hurray! although they will b back soon.. at least for today n tmr i m more relaxed.. not tt the workload has lighten.. but bcos the spying pressure and stress is not present.. tts y i can breathe beta.. haa..

sucky life la.. ever since i started working.. i feel tt i totally had no life.. every mornin wake up 6 plus.. will oni reached hm ard 8pm.. by the time i shower and haf my dinner, its alr almost 9 lor.. rest a while gotta slp again.. kenasai isnt it? its freaking lifeless.. nowadays i dun even on my laptop.. i wil juz spent an hr or so lying on the bed watching scv programmes.. cos eyes blurred, shoulders and fingers ache frm all the continous long hrs of typing in the office.. sooooooo i dread the sight of com.. muahaha.. cant believe tt came out of my mouth.. but its true.. tt explains y i haf been mia for soooo long..

tts all for now la.. hopefully my frens who are having attachment currently are surviving well.. if not, pls struggle thru with mi cos our sip grades depend on it.. it determines whether we will graduate anot also.. haha.. for the rest of my frens, whateva u all are doing, hopefulli u all r enjoying urself.. do jio mi out!!! i realli haf no life.. going bonkers if life carries on this way.. whaha..


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9/26/2006 08:19:00 PM